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number 3 of a trilogy, in 4 parts

This weekend I picked up Assassins Creed Brotherhood for the PS3.
I played the 1st 2 on the 360 & enjoyed them lots. I was a little reluctant to play this on the PS3, as I kinda wanted the gamer points on xbox live… don’t think I’ve mentioned before about my compulsion to build my score 🙂What I liked

Horse riding better than Epona, as in the other versions the movement of the horse is amazing, da Vinci would be impressed… plus you can hijack a horse with cool armor at no download cost!

In the original Altair’s swan dive was the most awesome thing ever, it was the compelling driver to explore… still cool as

One huge city

Combat slick, the combos fluid… I feel sorry for the guards at times

Rome’s a nice place to chill, strolling around pick pocketing, taking out guards in novel manners

Where are the children? Although perhaps best left out, don’t wanna see them get hurt. But after Fable I kinda expect to see the odd ankle biter

As in the 2 prequels, there’re the glyphs & feathers to find which challenge you to visit areas off of the well trodden path.

Geek fest for all of the history facts.
Learned today that Pontificate mean bridge-builder

The facts reinforce Christianity’s influence on today’s World & western history

What I’m not enjoying

I wish Desmond & Ezio would stop jumping into the void when there’s no-where to land safely, assassins ptah(!)

Think I prefer the PS3 version to the 360, only ‘cos the controls seem easier more fluent & responsive… lots less fogging too.

Another amazingly stylised title from Ubisoft… from whom I’ve been playing a lot of good games lately.

I’d certainly recommend picking this up, especially if you’ve played the prequels, many hours of bad ass assassin action & a great game to chill with as you can play in the virtual medieval sand box of Rome